Wardrobe.



No. 827,392. LPATENTED'JULY 31,- 1906. w. BURTGH.

- WARDROBE}. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 14. 1906.

' Wardrobes, of which the following is a specirobe with various improvedfeatures tending-- v UNITED- "STATES r MAR L w -nu'aron, or

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- Application rumin nt -1'4. 1-965. 's auK a2Q1.ve7.--

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, MANLY; W. Bmrron', a citizen of the United States,residing at S arta,-Kent county, Michi an, have 1nven ted certain newand useful mprover'nents 1n fication. a

' Mypresent invention relates to improvej ments 1n wardrobes of the typehaving'a dis?" .lo

appearing door.)

ave aimed toprovide such a ward? to secure increased economy inmanufacture,

" simplicity, an i efliciency and durability in 1s v I use. r

1 The invention includes, therefore, the various features ofconstruction and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described, and pari andopened positions;

' 4 designate, respectively,

right, and left hands ides of the wardrobe, and

to the sidewall 3 of the wardrobe.

ticularl; pointed out in the. claims.

e invention is illustrated in the accoindoorto show the improvedconstruction. Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to Fig. '1. Figs. 3 and"4are horizontal sections with the -,doorin closed In thedrawings,-.the'nurnera]s1, 2,3, and the top, bottom,

*5 the door. This isconnected by suitable hinges 6 to a sliding piece orsection 7, -de' signed to'slide back and forth in proximity p It ispro-.' vided atjthebottom with a grooved wheel or pulley 8, designed totravel .upon a track 9,

and is guided at the top by the tongue 10 engaging the groove-11.section 7 and door 5 0 door is opened wide, I

In order to cause the rovideinthe bottom 2 of the wardrobe a pu ley orwheel 12, sunk in the bottom or floor and with a portioh of itsperipheryprojecting slightly above 'the ,floon. A track or rail 13,'carriedby the in-- 45- ner face'of the door at or near the lower edge,is' designed to' run up in this wheel when the 1 door is opened out intowith the section 7, and thusthe door 1s prevented from b1ndmg or rubb1ngon the floor as 1t recedes or isv pushed back into the case or wardrobe.The

ulpper edge of the door is grooved to receive t e tongue 10 as it slidesback, whereby itis I held away from the side of the case.

The outward movement of the section 7 is slide freely when the 'tedbystops 14 and 15 at the top and 5 '5. "bottom, respectively. The upperstop 14 strikes against .a woodenstrip or sto 16,. rejects down from thetop 0 the wardrobe and against the, front side of which ,the doorcontacts when closed. This strip 1.6 '-a1s o acts as a batten over thetop crack of v the door. l The lower stop 15 strikes against a similars'topi18, carried. by the sidebar 19,

provided; for the'support of the shelving.

(Not shown.) v p {In-order that "the doorway swing freelyv and yet atight joint and a neat finis be see cured when the door-is iclosed, Icarry the door to the rear-of its pivot, as shown tit-5*,

referably'bg curving the, edge, as at 5 ,-the e ont edge e the section 7being correspondingly curved." The inner wall is recessed at 3', therecess terminating in an edge 3, and the recess being adapted 'togiveample room for theswin of theedgefi while when the door is closedthesaid edge SP-cOnt'actswith" thepedge 3, making a tight joint andpreseatinga finishediappearance. p 1

' Having th described my invention, what I claim is. n i s 1. Thecombination with a wardrobe or the like of a rail located onthe floorin-proximity to one of the-sidewalls, a sliding sec- 'tion carrying arolier'trave'lingpn said rail, a1 door hinged jtoth *irent 'edgejof saidsliding -8 5 .section a pulley n1 the,'floor. nearthe front and" out ofline withisaid rail, and a rail'carried by the inner face ofthefdoordesigned to 'travelupon said last-named pulley,.sub'stanitially asdescribed.) o"

2. The combination with a wardrobe or the like, of a'section mounted toslide in proximity to the side wall thereof, arib or tongue carried bythe top of the wardrobe engaging a groove the upper edge of the section,a door hinged to said section and having a corresponding groove, a 111depending from the top of the-wardrobe and overlapping the in nerface-of. the 'door and sectiom'and a-stop MANLY' w; BUiiToH.

Witnesses:

Em'rn Frrrs, A .JonNMANorms rnn.

on the inner face of the se'aetionf'or. engaging I00

